Print book sales up in 2018

The Bookseller reports that 2018 saw the UK
printed book market grow in value for a fourth year running.
Figures from Nielsen Bookscan's TCM show:

190.8 million books were sold for £1.63bn

a 2.14% increase in value compared to 2017

a 0.33% increase in volume compared to 2017

the average selling price in 2018 rose to a record high of
£8.53.

Michelle Obama's Becoming (Viking) was the most
valuable title of last year £7.7m nearly £3m ahead of Eleanor
Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
(HarperCollins). However, the latter sold the most copies
outselling second-place The Ice Monster by David Walliams
and Tony Ross (HarperCollins) by nearly 250,000 copies.